Name: Woody cocktail
Total time: 2 min
Cuisine: Cocktail
Ingredients: 3 fresh Mint leaves; 45 ml Vodka; 30 ml Mastiha liqueur; 30 ml Birch water; 7.5 ml Fino sherry; 8 drop Mint bitters

Woody cocktail
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Serve in a Coupe glass

Ingredients:
3 fresh	Mint leaves
1 ¹⁄₂ oz	Ketel One Vodka
1 oz	Mastiha liqueur
1 oz	Birch water
¹⁄₄ oz	Lustau Jarana Fino Sherry
8 drop	Bob's Peppermint Bitters

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Garnish: Mint sprig

How to make:

MUDDLE mint in base of stirring glass. Add other ingredients, STIR with ice and fine strain into chilled glass.

Allergens:

Recipe contains the following allergens:

Fino sherry - Sulphur Dioxide/Sulphites

Review:

Named not after the cheery chap in Cheers or even the Beatles’ Norwegian Wood but due to this particularly Woody cocktail containing birch water and mastiha.

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History:

Created in August 2015 by yours truly (Simon Difford) at the Cabinet Room, London, England.

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Difford’s Guide remains free-to-use thanks to the support of the brands in green above. Values stated for alcohol and calorie content, and number of drinks an ingredient makes should be considered approximate.

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Simone Chisena

18th November 2023 at 15:30

Lives up to its name - very woody! Still, once that first taste fades, you get all the complication from the birch water and mastiha. Very refreshing and palate cleansing, I can definitely see it working as an after dinner drink!

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